The Pillars of Priestcraft and Orthodoxy Shaken ...Mr. Cadell, Mr. Kearsley, 1768 |
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... false . If our laws are inconfiftent with reafon and truth and public good , have we not a right to abolish them ? If not ; what a ridiculous and contemptible , what a base and unworthy nation are we , to boast of knowledge and freedom ...
... false . If our laws are inconfiftent with reafon and truth and public good , have we not a right to abolish them ? If not ; what a ridiculous and contemptible , what a base and unworthy nation are we , to boast of knowledge and freedom ...
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... false appear- ances , that ftrike an awe upon their senses , and fire their imaginations with ideas of ter- ror and admiration . Hence proceed all their folemn pomp of feftivals , their proceffions , and their publick exhibitions of ...
... false appear- ances , that ftrike an awe upon their senses , and fire their imaginations with ideas of ter- ror and admiration . Hence proceed all their folemn pomp of feftivals , their proceffions , and their publick exhibitions of ...
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... false fear , a falfe love , and a false courage , and work all their passions , so as to make them fubfervient to the carrying on the great mystery of iniquity . And now I think that I have plainly declared to you , the think and ...
... false fear , a falfe love , and a false courage , and work all their passions , so as to make them fubfervient to the carrying on the great mystery of iniquity . And now I think that I have plainly declared to you , the think and ...
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... false , it will be to no purpose : " and if , fays he , it be by " the hallowed and uplifted hands of the mi- niftry , that all these things must be done , " i . e . that baptifm and the facrament of the fupper must be administered ...
... false , it will be to no purpose : " and if , fays he , it be by " the hallowed and uplifted hands of the mi- niftry , that all these things must be done , " i . e . that baptifm and the facrament of the fupper must be administered ...
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... false and " pretended neceffity ( not the daring and ན་ prefumptuous plea of the kirk , not the feign- " ed , but more plaufible excufe of Geneva , " not the boasted moderation of thofe who " falfly call themselves churches reformed ) ...
... false and " pretended neceffity ( not the daring and ན་ prefumptuous plea of the kirk , not the feign- " ed , but more plaufible excufe of Geneva , " not the boasted moderation of thofe who " falfly call themselves churches reformed ) ...
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Page 235 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.
Page 140 - Heaven, by blessing visible elements it maketh them invisible grace, it giveth daily the Holy Ghost, it hath to dispose of that flesh which was given for the life of the world and that blood which was poured out to redeem souls, when it poureth malediction upon the heads of the wicked they perish, when it revoketh the same they revive.
Page 207 - If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
Page 232 - And will civil discouragements and incapacities, fines and confiscations, stripes and imprisonments, enlighten the understanding, convince men's minds of error, and inform them of the truth ? Can they have any such efficacy, as to make men change the inward judgment they have framed of things ? Nothing can do this, but reason and argument. This is what our minds and understandings will naturally yield to ; but they cannot be compelled to believe any thing by outward force.
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Page 245 - Suppofing that BAPTISM makes INFANTS, dying in Infancy, Inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven •> or is of any Advantage to them in the World to come.
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Page 231 - Lord, and not unto men ;" in obedience to his command—in compliance with his will. But of what use can human laws be in all this, though enforced by civil penalties? They may make me do things which are in my power, and depend upon my will: but to believe this or that doctrine to be true, is not in my power, nor depends upon my will, but upon the light, evidence, and information which I possess. Will civil discouragements and incapacities, fines and confiscations, stripes and imprisonments, enlighten...
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Page 87 - Christian service is totally disused in some places, there are other some that are said to be half served ; there being several Churches, where we are but rarely, if at all, to meet with preaching, catechising, or administering of the Holy Communion. In others, the service of the prayers is but partly read, and that, perhaps, but once a month, or once in a quarter of a year...